Please Help Update Older System

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I hope someone here can help me. About 13 years ago, I replaced the
elderly little stereo unit I'd had since high school with a fairly
low-cost component stereo system. I've been happy with it but the
Technics cd changer has been acting up for a couple of years and I
decided to replace it.

I found out that technology has changed a lot and I finally decided to
buy a DVD player since there weren't a lot of cd changers to choose
from (and besides I can play my 2 music DVDs).

The problem is that the sound doesn't seem very good and I don't know
if I need to get a new receiver or what. The receiver was originally
somewhat underpowered and I thought I'd probably replace it some day
but I've never needed to. My tv is a very basic 19" model.

Here's what I have:

Panasonic DVD-F85 DVD/CD player
JVC RX-301 receiver, 40 watts per channel
Advent Legacy II floor speakers (2)
(tape deck, turntable but I assume they don't matter)

I've tried the audio through both the 2 speaker and the front speakers
for the surround sound connection and there doesn't seem to be much
difference. If one's better, I think it's the surround sound.

I'd very much appreciate any help. I thought it would be really easy
to replace my cd player!

Diana

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mrsearlgrey@yahoo.com (Diana Mc ) wrote in message news:<408b10ee.51678358@news.east.earthlink.net>...
> I hope someone here can help me. About 13 years ago, I replaced the
> elderly little stereo unit I'd had since high school with a fairly
> low-cost component stereo system. I've been happy with it but the
> Technics cd changer has been acting up for a couple of years and I
> decided to replace it.
>
> I found out that technology has changed a lot and I finally decided to
> buy a DVD player since there weren't a lot of cd changers to choose
> from (and besides I can play my 2 music DVDs).
>
> The problem is that the sound doesn't seem very good and I don't know
> if I need to get a new receiver or what. The receiver was originally
> somewhat underpowered and I thought I'd probably replace it some day
> but I've never needed to. My tv is a very basic 19" model.
>
> Here's what I have:
>
> Panasonic DVD-F85 DVD/CD player
> JVC RX-301 receiver, 40 watts per channel
> Advent Legacy II floor speakers (2)
> (tape deck, turntable but I assume they don't matter)
>
> I've tried the audio through both the 2 speaker and the front speakers
> for the surround sound connection and there doesn't seem to be much
> difference. If one's better, I think it's the surround sound.
>
> I'd very much appreciate any help. I thought it would be really easy
> to replace my cd player!
>
> Diana

Make sure you have the reciever connected to the 2 ch jacks on back of dvd player
how does it sound ,low , distorted , echo ?
jeff

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In article <408db4c1.3787864@news.east.earthlink.net>, mrsearlgrey@yahoo.com (Diana Mc ) wrote:
>On 25 Apr 2004 17:22:47 -0700, jfaudio@adelphia.net (jfaudio) wrote:
>
>>Make sure you have the reciever connected to the 2 ch jacks on back of dvd
> player
>>how does it sound ,low , distorted , echo ?
>> jeff
>
>Thanks, Jeff. I wasn't sure which jacks to connect it to. It's not
>bad on regular cds but the sound seems little low and muffled on my
>one music DVD (Fleetwood Mac The Dance). The other one's better, but
>it's acoustic so I don't suppose it's as demanding.

The Dance has 2 sides and 2 audio tracks. A 5.1 on the one side and a PCM on
the other

>
>Gary, it wasn't sounding as good as the old cd player, which was just
>a basic Technics carousel. The speakers seem to be okay.
>
>Diana
>